Standards of the Camp of Israel, according to Rabbinical Tradition

According to rabbinical tradition, the standard of Judah bore the figure of a lion, that of Reuben the likeness of a man or of a man's head, that of Ephraim the figure of an ox, and that of Dan the figure of an eagle; so that the four living creatures united in the cherubic forms described by Ezekiel were represented upon these four standards.

Keil and Delitzsch's commentary on Numbers 2:1,2

(Keil, C. F. and Delitzsch, F., Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament, var. trans. James Martin, Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1865, The Pentateuch, vol. 3, pp. 17, 18.)

(Clark's Foreign Theological Library, 4th Series, vol. 6: Keil and Delitzsch on the Pentateuch, vol. 3)

 

Mithras Grades of Initiation: Jerome (A.D. 345-20 September 420)

... Mithras ... the worshippers were initiated as Raven, Bridegroom, Soldier, Lion, Perseus, Sun, Crab, and Father.

letter cvii, ch. 2, to Laeta

(Schaff, Philip, & Wace, Henry (Eds.), A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, Second Series, Edinburgh: T & T Clark, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912, vol. 6, p. 190).

The Power that Prevents the Rise of the Antichrist for Early Christians: Jerome (A.D. 345-20 September 420)

But what am I doing? Whilst I talk about the cargo, the vessel itself founders. He that letteth is taken out of the way, and yet we do not realize that Antichrist is near. Yes, Antichrist is near whom the Lord Jesus Christ “shall consume with the spirit of his mouth.” ...
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... For thirty years the barbarians burst the barrier of the Danube and fought in the heart of the Roman Empire. ... Yet who will hereafter credit the fact or what histories will seriously discuss it, that Rome has to fight within her own borders not for glory but for bare life ...

letter cxxiii, ch. 16 & 17, to Ageruchia

(Schaff, Philip, & Wace, Henry (Eds.), A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, Second Series, Edinburgh: T & T Clark, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912, vol. 6, pp. 236, 237).